By Thai Newsroom Reporters
PAETONGTARN SHINAWATRA could possibly not only be deprived of premiership but Pheu Thai leadership in latest lawsuits filed against her as an aftermath of last month’s impeachment of her predecessor Srettha Thavisin.
Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, could possibly be deprived of her prime-ministerial status alongside all members of the latest Pheu Thai-led cabinet whilst all members the largest ruling party’s executive board including the woman prime minister in her concurrent capacity as Pheu Thai leader could possibly be banned by court from assuming political positions for a number of years if finally found guilty of perpetrating a severe breach to the wide-ranging code of political ethics.
Fresh lawsuits have been recently filed to the Constitutional Court via the Election Commission in pursuit of an immediate termination of Paetongtarn’s prime-ministerial status for having been allegedly masterminded by her billionaire, power-playing father and having evidently failed to comply to the constitution and an organic law pertaining to political parties. Those lawsuits have followed a separate case earlier filed in pursuit of the dissolution of the Pheu Thai, core of the current coalition.
Paetongtarn, who has been performing as Pheu Thai leader, as well as all other members of the largest ruling party had been allegedly influenced and directed by her billionaire father/de facto Pheu Thai boss who cannot be legally registered as a partisan member into the naming of a notorious former lawyer-turned-convict for minister which finally cost Srettha his premiership in last month’s historic impeachment case ruled by 5:4 votes in the Constitutional Court.
Paetongtarn’s father had been invariably alleged of pressing her predecessor to name Pichit Chuenban, who had previously worked for the de facto Pheu Thai boss, the portfolioless minister without formal endorsement by the party’s executive board.
The Pheu Thai executive board had evidently failed to adopt a resolution in support of the naming of Pichit as required by law, albeit to no avail, whilst Srettha had allegedly succumbed to sustained pressure of the billionaire power player Thaksin.
The former real estate tycoon-turned-prime minister had been allegedly quietly pushed to power by Thaksin’s sister/former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
The Constitutional Court held Srettha accountable for the severe breaching of the code of political ethics by naming the former convict who had been deemed as dishonest for minister in a previous cabinet lineup and immediately stripped the former Pheu Thai-attached prime minister of power last month.
The precedent-setting court ruling which terminated Srettha’s premiership has been primarily cited in the fresh lawsuits as a basis for the sought-after dissolution of the Pheu Thai and the termination of Paetongtarn’s partisan leadership, thus simultaneously depriving her of elected premiership.
Paetongtarn and 35 other members of a new cabinet are expected to attend ceremonies featuring an audience with His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn, a formal appointment by the monarch and an oath-taking ritual before the monarch by the middle of this month, followed by a formal declaration of government policies at parliament prior to their starting to run the country.
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Top and Front Page: Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. Photos: Thai Rath
Insert: De facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra. All photo: Thai Rath
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